How Masks Make You Sick Instead of Protecting You
July 12, 2022 | Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola | Source
Mask Mandates Didn’t Lower COVID-19 Cases
Using CDC data, researchers with the University of Louisville calculated total COVID-19 case growth and mask use for the U.S. No significant differences were found in case growth between mandate and non-mandate states during periods of low or high transmission.
“Surges were equivocal,” they noted, concluding, “Mask mandates and use are not associated with slower state-level COVID-19 spread during COVID-19 growth surges.”2 While stating that their findings “do not support the hypothesis that SARS-CoV-2 transmission rates decrease with greater public mask use,” they did note that “masks may promote social cohesion as rallying symbols during a pandemic.”3
Similarly dismal results from mask mandates were demonstrated in Europe. A study published in Cureus analyzed data from 35 European countries, including morbidity, mortality and mask usage, over a six-month period. The researchers noted:4
“Mask mandates were implemented in almost all world countries and in most places where masks were not obligatory, their use in public spaces was recommended … These mandates and recommendations took place despite the fact that most randomized controlled trials carried out before and during the COVID-19 pandemic concluded that the role of masks in preventing respiratory viral transmission was small, null, or inconclusive.”
When the data were analyzed, the study also revealed that the widespread use of masks did not reduce COVID-19 transmission. Worse, a moderate positive correlation was found between mask usage and deaths in Western Europe, which “suggests that the universal use of masks may have had harmful unintended consequences.”5
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Sources and References
- 1, 2, 3, 22, 23 MedRxiv May 25, 2021
- 4, 5 Cureus. 2022 Apr; 14(4): e24268
- 6 MMWR October 1, 2021
- 7, 8 The Lancet May 25, 2022
- 9 Townhall June 1, 2022
- 10 U.S. CDC, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report May 21, 2021
- 11 Medicine February 18, 2022
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- 15 Express April 11, 2021
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- 19, 20, 21 JAMA Pediatrics June 30, 2021
- 24 US District Court Middle District of Florida Case No: 8:21-cv-1693-KKM-AEP
- 25 KHN June 1, 2022
- 26 Health Freedom Defense Fund April 20, 2022
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